ABB, the leading power and
automation technology
group, has won an order
worth $18 million from Gujarat
State Electricity Corporation Ltd
for the renovation and modernisation
of control systems at the utility's
1,260-mw Wanakbori thermal
power plant located on the banks
of Mahi river in Kheda district of
the state.
ABB will install its proven
Symphony distributed control
system and supply the complete
control and instrumentation
package for the 6x210 mw thermal
plant. The
solution will
include diagnostics
and
optimisation
packages, turbine
controls,
steam generator
control, station
controls
and instrumentation,
a steam
and water analysis system, flue
gas analysers, control valves,
actuators and positioners. The
project is scheduled to be completed
by 2013.
"Our Symphony technology,
domain expertise and proven
project execution capabilities
enable us to provide an integrated
solution and will help to
improve plant efficiency and
reliability," said Franz Josef
Mengede, head of ABB's Power
Generation business within the
Power Systems division.
There are more than 6,000
Symphony platform-based DCS
installations around the world, a
large number of them in the
power generation and water sectors.
These control systems help
plant owners to reduce operating
costs and increase return on
asset investment.